The default voting period for debates, three days, is way too short. Many members, especially new ones, are just leaving it at default not realizing how short it actually is. Default should be at least one month in my opinion.

"Music is a zen-like ecstatic state where you become the new man of the future, the Nietzschean merger of Apollo and Dionysus." Ray Manzarek (The Doors)

You're right. I started a long debate, and a about 10 minutes after my opponent accepted, I wondered if I remembered to fix the voting period to 1 month. I don't know and I can't check. If I didn't, that would mean a 8,000 char round, 4 round long, debate would probably go unvoted and end in 3 days.

"A stupid despot may constrain his slaves with iron chains; but a true politician binds them even more strongly with the chain of their own ideas" - Michel Foucault

I agree with this. Too many debates are ending in ties because of members accidentally choosing the 3 day voting period. One month is quite a long time though - I usually set my debates for a 2 week voting period.

At 3/3/2012 10:05:56 AM, 000ike wrote:You're right. I started a long debate, and a about 10 minutes after my opponent accepted, I wondered if I remembered to fix the voting period to 1 month. I don't know and I can't check. If I didn't, that would mean a 8,000 char round, 4 round long, debate would probably go unvoted and end in 3 days.

If it is, send it too me after you're done, and I'll read it.

"Music is a zen-like ecstatic state where you become the new man of the future, the Nietzschean merger of Apollo and Dionysus." Ray Manzarek (The Doors)